Tag Archives: Africa

Have It Our Way: US Fast Food in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Posted on May 13, 2014 by findingfoodfluency

Regardless of whether or not you’re in/have been to the US, how often do you crave its fast food? I’m busy collecting data for my survey on the Gross National Waistline – a gloomy double entendre if I’ve ever read … Continue reading →

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Where Does it Begin? An Intro to Egyptian Roads

Posted on February 25, 2014 by findingfoodfluency

When you think of Egypt – um, pre-2011 – what do you conjure up?  Yom Kippur?  A stone cat?  Food-borne parasites? As expected, you didn’t mention the word nature.  Sure, the stones of the Sphinx and the Pyramids aren’t human-made, … Continue reading →

Posted in (Inhuman) Nature?, Architecture, Human Nature, Turkey, Southwest Asia/Middle East & North Africa | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

I’ll Have (Had) What He’s Having

Posted on January 18, 2014 by findingfoodfluency

Do you eat?  You know, food?  Ever wonder where all of that candy, fruit and bread come from?  I don’t mean where they were produced, oh no, that would be an educational post.  Too weird.  Let’s forge ahead and see … Continue reading →

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Street Food in Downtown Johannesburg? I wish

Posted on April 1, 2012 by findingfoodfluency

The only time I’ve ever been a bit nervous while traveling somewhere was at twelve years old, when I was with my family in Cincinnati, Ohio; that was marginally more unpleasant than getting followed around Tangier, Morocco for an hour, … Continue reading →

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